Temperature Dependence of the Flux Line Lattice Transition into Square Symmetry in Superconducting LuNi2B2C
Abstract
We have investigated the temperature dependence of the H || c flux line lattice structural phase transition from square to hexagonal symmetry, in the tetragonal superconductor LuNi2B2C (Tc = 16.6 K). At temperatures below 10 K the transition onset field, H2(T), is only weakly temperature dependent. Above 10 K, H2(T) rises sharply, bending away from the upper critical field. This contradicts theoretical predictions of H2(T) merging with the upper critical field, and suggests that just below the Hc2(T)-curve the flux line lattice might be hexagonal.
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